Tobias Smollett belongs to the literary record as a writer whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Tobias Smollett as 18th-century poet and author from Scotland.
Tobias Smollett was born at Cardross in 1721. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He was educated at University of Glasgow.
The eighteenth century built the literary marketplace - periodicals, subscription publishing, and readers who paid.
He worked as physician writer, historian and novelist.
The writing is recorded in English.
His name is attached above all to writing picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle and The Expedition of. Literature is judged by re-reading, which is a slower and harsher test than acclaim.
That the work was written from United Kingdom matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Tobias Smollett died in 1771, aged 50. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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